Books in the Cambridge Film Handbooks series

Among Ingmar Bergman's many works, Persona is often considered to be his masterpiece and is often described as one of the central works of Modernism. The essays collected in this volume use a variety of methodologies to explore topics such as acting technique, genre, and dramaturgy.

In Rear Window, Hitchcock explores the basic ingredients of cinema, from voyeurism and dreamlike fantasy to the process of narration itself. Examining the film from a variety of perspectives in a series of new essays published here for the first time, this volume provides a fresh analysis of Rear Window.

Among the most elaborate examples of crime film, the films in The Godfather trilogy provide a complex look at a whole segment of American life and culture spanning almost the whole century. In six essays, written especially for this volume, The Godfather trilogy is reexamined from a variety of perspectives.

This volume explores Fargo from a variety of methodological perspectives. Providing a detailed account of the film's production, reception and place within the career of the Coen brothers, it explores issues and themes that are important to current film discourse, including genre, gender and sexuality, race, history, culture and myth.

Raging Bull: A Cambridge Film Handbook presents the fullest critical appreciation of Scorsese's film available. Contributors from different disciplines look at the groundbreaking film from a variety of perspectives, providing fundamental information for students, new ideas for seasoned film scholars, and a jargon-free style that all readers can appreciate.

This volume explores Fargo from a variety of methodological perspectives. Providing a detailed account of the film's production, reception and place within the career of the Coen brothers, it explores issues and themes that are important to current film discourse, including genre, gender and sexuality, race, history, culture and myth.

Brings together critically informed essays about one of the most controversial films ever made. It examines the literary origins of the work, the nature of cinematic violence, questions of gender and the film's treatment of sexuality, and the difficulties of adapting an invented language for the screen.

On the Waterfront includes essays specially commissioned for the volume, analyzing the screenplay, Kazan as director, Schulberg as screenplay writer, the score by Leonard Bernstein, and the reception of the film. A preface by Budd Schulberg, contemporary reviews, and stills round out the volume.

This volume includes commissioned essays by leading scholars of Arthur Penn's work, as well as contributions from Penn himself and scriptwriter David Newman. They analyze the cultural history, technical brilliance, visual strategies, and violent imagery that marked Bonnie and Clyde as a significant turning point in American film.

Jean-Luc Godard's Pierrot le fou, made at the height of the French New Wave, remains a milestone in French cinema. This 2000 volume brings together essays by five prominent scholars of French film who approach the film from the perspectives of image-and-word-play, aesthetics and politics, history, and high and popular culture.

Roberto Rossellini's Rome Open City instantly changed the landscape of film history. It has been credited with initiating a revolution in and reinvention of modern cinema. This 2004 volume serves as a well illustrated, up to date, and accessible introduction to one of the major achievements of filmmaking.

Ozu's Tokyo Story is generally regarded as one of the finest films ever made. Universal in its appeal, it is also considered to be 'particularly Japanese'. Exploring its universality and cultural specificity, this collection of specially commissioned essays demonstrates the multiple planes on which the film may be appreciated.

Jane Campion's The Piano is one of the most unusual love stories in the history of cinema. In six essays, specially commissioned for this volume, an international team of scholars examines the film from a variety of critical perspectives.

Jean-Luc Godard's Pierrot le fou, made at the height of the French New Wave, remains a milestone in French cinema. This 2000 volume brings together essays by five prominent scholars of French film who approach the film from the perspectives of image-and-word-play, aesthetics and politics, history, and high and popular culture.

This volume includes commissioned essays by leading scholars of Arthur Penn's work, as well as contributions from Penn himself and scriptwriter David Newman. They analyze the cultural history, technical brilliance, visual strategies, and violent imagery that marked Bonnie and Clyde as a significant turning point in American film.

Brings together critically informed essays about one of the most controversial films ever made. It examines the literary origins of the work, the nature of cinematic violence, questions of gender and the film's treatment of sexuality, and the difficulties of adapting an invented language for the screen.

This volume of newly commissioned essays profiles Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch, one of the most influential films in American cinema, and dubbed by Martin Scorsese 'savage poetry'. The essays provide a definitive reinterpretation of an enduring film classic.

Among the most elaborate examples of crime film, the films in The Godfather trilogy provide a complex look at a whole segment of American life and culture spanning almost the whole century. In six essays, written especially for this volume, The Godfather trilogy is reexamined from a variety of perspectives.

In Rear Window, Hitchcock explores the basic ingredients of cinema, from voyeurism and dreamlike fantasy to the process of narration itself. Examining the film from a variety of perspectives in a series of new essays published here for the first time, this volume provides a fresh analysis of Rear Window.

This Handbook brings together essays, specially written for this edition, that analyse this controversial film from a variety of methodological perspectives. Also included are reviews of the film by influential critics, a large selection of production stills, and a complete bibliography.

Buster Keaton's Sherlock Jr focuses on a classic by one of America's greatest silent film geniuses whose films still delight and amaze audiences worldwide. The essays included in this volume, written specially for this edition, examine this film within the context of Keaton's career.

Raging Bull: A Cambridge Film Handbook presents the fullest critical appreciation of Scorsese's film available. Contributors from different disciplines look at the groundbreaking film from a variety of perspectives, providing fundamental information for students, new ideas for seasoned film scholars, and a jargon-free style that all readers can appreciate.

On the Waterfront includes essays specially commissioned for the volume, analyzing the screenplay, Kazan as director, Schulberg as screenplay writer, the score by Leonard Bernstein, and the reception of the film. A preface by Budd Schulberg, contemporary reviews, and stills round out the volume.

Ozu's Tokyo Story is generally regarded as one of the finest films ever made. Universal in its appeal, it is also considered to be 'particularly Japanese'. Exploring its universality and cultural specificity, this collection of specially commissioned essays demonstrates the multiple planes on which the film may be appreciated.

The first collection of essays on Luis Bunuel's 1972 Oscar-winning The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie. Combining some of the world's most distinguished scholars on Bunuel and Spanish cinema with new voices in cultural theory, this volume rethinks Bunuel's entire body of work, as well as this particular film.

Roberto Rossellini's Rome Open City instantly changed the landscape of film history. It has been credited with initiating a revolution in and reinvention of modern cinema. This 2004 volume serves as a well illustrated, up to date, and accessible introduction to one of the major achievements of filmmaking.

Stagecoach is one of the classics of Hollywood cinema. Made in 1939, it revitalized the Western genre, served as a milestone in John Ford's career, and made John Wayne a star. This volume offers a rich overview of the film in essays by six leading film critics.